Name: Iron Ridge & Mayville Ry. Layout designer: Neil Besougloff, editor Scale: N (1:160) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Milwaukee Road Locale: rural Wisconsin Era: 1950s Branchline run: 14 feet Minimum radius: 111⁄4″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Name: Rio Grande Southern Layout designer: Dan Sylvester Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1, narrow gauge) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Rio Grande Southern RR Locale: western Colorado Era: 1930s Style: island Mainline run: 32 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: 18″ radius Maximum grade: 4 percent (main line), 8 percent (mine spur) Click on the link […]
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Name: Boston & Maine’s New Hampshire Division Layout designer: Paul J. Dolkos Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 16 x 29 feet (in two rooms) Prototype: B&M (also Barre & Chelsea, Canadian Pacific, and St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County) Locale: northern New Hampshire east of the Connecticut River Valley Period: November 1952 Layout style: walkaround point-to-point Minimum […]
Name: Rosston, Joelberg & Holly RR (CSX branch line) Division of the Delaware & Hudson Layout designer: Rick Van Laar Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: freelanced CSX Locale: West Virginia coal country Era: 1990 Style: island, portable Mainline run: 32 feet Minimum radius: 17″ Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main line), no. […]
Name: Dutchess & Hudson Valley Division of the Delaware & Hudson Layout designer: Bob Seckler Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 27 x 30 feet Prototype: Delaware & Hudson Locale: Taconic Mountains of New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut Era: early 1950s to early 1970s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 192 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 […]
Name: First and Alice Street Yard Layout designer: Andy Sperandeo Scale: N (1:160) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Oakland District Locale: Oakland, Calif. Era: 1940s/1950s Style: tabletop Minimum radius: 12″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 (the no. 2.5 wye is equivalent to a standard no. 5) Maximum grade: none […]
Name: Monson RR Layout designer: Steven Otte Scale: HOn2 (1:87.1, 2-foot gauge) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Monson RR Locale: Maine Era: 1916-1919 Style: tabletop Mainline run: 19 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 stub Maximum grade: none Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Name: Reid Gap Ry. Layout designer: David Popp Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Virginian Ry. Locale: West Virginia Era: 1956 Mainline run: 14 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Atlas 18″ radius snap switch Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the February 2011 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the […]
Name: Wexford RR Layout designer: Jim Hediger Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Freelanced modern short line Locale: northern Midwest Era: present day Minimum radius: 18″ (main), 15″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 41⁄2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2011 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This week Cody’s Office come to you from the Model Railroader workshop, as associate editor Cody Grivno helps test our new webcam. Cody took a break from his projects to interview editorial associate Eric Stelpflug as well as Classic Toy Trains senior editor […]
